Latch.



No. 745,189. PATENTED NOV. 24, 1903.

O. P. IMMELL. LATCH.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 8. .1903. N0 MODEL.

Wif'gzsse E t UNITED STATES atented ovember 24, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

LATCH.

S?ECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 745,189, dated November24, 1903.

Application filed April 8, 1903.

To all whom it' may concern:

Beit known that I, OMER F. IMMELL, a citizen of the United States,residing at Blair, in the county of Trempealeau and State of Wiscousin,have invented a new and useful (latch for Doors, of which the followingis a specification.

This invention relates to certain improvements in latches forbarn-doors, Windowblinds, and the like.

The object of the-invention is to provide a simple, inexpensive, andefficient device of this character adapted to be applied to an ordinarydoor or shutter without requiring the employment of skilled labor andcapable of securely holding a door or shutter in anopen position toprevent the same being accidentally closed by the wind or otherwise.

A further object of the invention is to provide a latch which will beautomatic in its operation in locking the door or shutter in an openposition and which may be readily operated from the inner face of saidydoor or shutter in closing the same.

The invention consists in the construction and novel combination andarrangement of parts hereinafter fully described, illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, and pointed out in the claims hereto appended, itbeing understood that various changes in form, proportion, and minordetails of construction may be resorted to without departing from thespirit o r sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure lis a perspective view of adoor-latch constructed in accordance with myinvention, showing the sameapplied to a door; and Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional viewillustrating the position of the parts when the door is open. Fig. 3 isa transverse section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a frontelevation of a portion of the door, showing the manner of supporting thelatch-rod; and Fig. 5 is a transverse section on the line 5 5 of Fig. 2.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all theiigures of the drawings.

l designates a portion of a door-a barn-door v in the presentinstance-and 2 my improved latch. The latch 2, which may be formed 0fmetal or other suitable material, is prefer- Serial No.151l645. (Nomodel.)

ably formed of a single piece of wire or light bar-iron and comprises abody portion 3, consisting of a horizontally-disposed rod looselymounted in bearings 4, secured in any suitable manner to the outer faceof the door. One end of the rod or body portion 3 is bent at rightangles thereto, as shown at 4', and thon outwardly in the same plane asthe rod to form a catch 5, which extends a short distance beyond theedge of the door, the opposite end of the rod passing through a slot oropening 6 in the door, being bent at right angles to the catch 5 to forma loop or handle 7. One of the bearing-plates 4 is secured to the doordirectly over the slot or opening 6, serving to close said opening andalso to support the end of the latch, as clearly shown in Fig. 4 of thedrawings.

The catch 5 engages a keeper 8 of any suitable form and construction andby means of which the doorisheldin the open position.' The slot oropening 6 is preferably formed with a. lower inclined or beveled Wall 9,which permits the handle 7 to move vertically therein, and said handlebeing heavier than the catch 5 will drop by gravity and normally restenthe inclined wall of the slot, causing the catch 5 to be thrownoutwardly from the face of the door and in position to engage the keeperwhen the door is opened.

The operation of the device is as follows: When it is desired to lockthe door in the open position, said door is swung outwardly, the catchautomatically engaging the keeper and preventing the door from beingaccidentally closed. By lifting the handle 7 the catch is l disengagedfrom its keeper, andy by pulling inwardly on said handle the door may beeasily closed.

From the foregoing description it Will be seen that I have provided anexceedingly simple and inexpensive latch and one that is adapted to bereadily manufactured and capable of being quickly and easily applied toa door or window without the employment of skilled labor. It will alsobe seen that it is capable of securely holding ,a door, Windowblind, orother hinged member in an open position to prevent the same beingaccidentally closed by the wind or otherwise and that the loop or handleis located at the inner face of the door, adjacent the hinged endthereof, in

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a convenient position to ybe readily grasped by the operator forenabling the door or Window-blind being readily closed.

Having thus described the invention, what I claim, and desire to secureby Letters Patent, is

1. A latch comprising a rod, one end of which is provided with anangularly-disposed Weighted handle the opposite end thereof being bentat right angles to the handle and terminating in an outwardly-extendingcatch disposed in the same plane with the rod and adapted to engage akeeper.

2. The combination with a door,of a keeper, bearings secured to thedoor, a latch comprising a horizontally-disposed rod pivotally mountedin the bearings and having one end thereof extending through an openingin the door and bent to form a Weighted handle, the opposite end of therod being bent at right zo angles to the handle and terminating in anoutwardly-extending catch disposed in the same plane with the rod andadapted to engage a keeper.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as 25 my own I have heretoaffixed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

OMER F. IMMELL.

Witnesses:

EARL F. HENSEL, SNYDER STOUT.

